{"id":20595,"date":"2016-09-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20595"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:08:15","slug":"review-burger-king-cheetos-chicken-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/16\/review-burger-king-cheetos-chicken-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Burger King Cheetos Chicken Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Burger<\/a><\/p>\n

Eating Burger King\u2019s new Cheetos Chicken Fries (CCFs) is very similar to going on a Tinder date. You see pictures and read a description of somebody, use a cheesy pick-up line, chat them up for a bit, and then you agree to meet at a bar.<\/p>\n

Only when you get there, you find out the person looks nothing like their picture or they just aren\u2019t the person they represented themselves to be online. I mean, you write that you like sailing in your profile but then you tell me you can\u2019t even tie an anchor hitch!? <\/p>\n

Cue dramatic piano music.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was how I felt after eating the newest in the Chicken Fries line. Sure, the box had art similar to a bag of Cheetos. Sure, it says the word \u201cCheetos\u201d on the box. Sure, they\u2019re covered in a Cheetos breading. Sounds pretty great, right? <\/p>\n

Well, the CCFs have one whale of a problem. No, that\u2019s not enough. They have one MOBY DICK of a problem, and it is the fact there is barely any Cheetos flavor on them.<\/p>\n

I do not know if it\u2019s because I went on the initial release day and the BK workers hadn\u2019t quite perfected their technique, but the final product tasted like somebody dropped Chicken Fries onto a pile of Cheetos crumbs and a minuscule amount of the flavor rubbed off on them.<\/p>\n

\"Burger<\/a><\/p>\n

I was expecting them to be bright orange, just like actual Cheetos. Instead, they just look like darker Chicken Fries with some orange specks sprinkled on them. The lady who took my order asked if I wanted a dipping sauce, so I ordered a side of ranch thinking I would not need it. But after eating the third one plain I started dipping so they would have some kind of actual, noticeable flavor. <\/p>\n

\"Burger<\/a><\/p>\n

I did get a tiny hint of Cheetos flavor but it was all in the aftertaste and I didn\u2019t even notice it until after I ate several of them, and I really had to concentrate and use my imagination. They just didn\u2019t have the cheesy kick many others and I were probably expecting.<\/p>\n

I thought maybe my sense of taste had temporarily gone on vacation, but I got an order for my co-worker and he said the same thing, barely any Cheetos flavor. <\/p>\n

The best part about the CCFs was, in all honesty, the box art. Woof.<\/p>\n

I imagine somewhere Chester Cheetah is blowing lines of Cheetos cheese dust whilst crying, listening to Joe Satriani and uttering words of contempt about Burger King\u2019s hack job of a recipe using his moneymaker.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 280 Calories, 18 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 890 milligrams of sodium, 16 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams total sugars, 14 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.99
\nSize:<\/b> 9 pieces
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Cool box art. Cheesy pick-up lines on Tinder.
\nCons:<\/b> Hardly recognizable Cheetos flavor. Chester Cheetah having his good name tainted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eating Burger King\u2019s new Cheetos Chicken Fries (CCFs) is very similar to going on a Tinder date. You see pictures and read a description of somebody, use a cheesy pick-up line, chat them up for a bit, and then you agree to meet at a bar. 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